[ltp] Re: Re: Proper driver for T61 with nVidia graphic card...

Petar Milin linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 01 May 2008 12:31:52 +0200


> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:01:50 +0200
> Petar Milin <pmilin@ff.ns.ac.yu> wrote:
> 
> > Hello!
> > I own T61 with nVidia card, and Ubunty Hardy on it. Firstly, I
> followed
> > instructions and installed nVidia driver via Ubuntu's System >
> > Administration > Hardware Drivers, which selected nvidia-glx-new
> from
> > the repository. Later, I saw on the Lenovo site nVidia driver for
> T61
> > and R61:
> >
> =EF=BB=BFhttp://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=
> =3Dlenovo&lndocid=3DMIGR-69135
> > Although it is for SuSE, I managed to install it following the
> > instructions.
> > However, since I am not an expert, I wonder which one of the two
> above
> > (from repositories or from Lenovo site) is better to have installed.
> > Could anyone comment and give advice?
> >=20
> > Sincerely,
> > PM
> >=20
> 
> I use the version from the debian repository and it's working great.
> It's
> basically the version from the nvidia site.
> 
> You also need to set xorg to use it.
> 
Thanks, I shall do it as you told. However, what do you mean by setting
xorg, and how can I do that?

Best,
PM